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Program Analysis for Software and Web Security

Program Analysis for Software and Web Security. CSE 504 Ben Livshits Microsoft Research and UW. Course Summary. Target audience: Ph.D. and Master’s students Advanced undergrads are welcome

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Program Analysis for Software and Web Security

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  1. Program Analysis for Software and Web Security CSE 504 Ben Livshits Microsoft Research and UW

  2. Course Summary • Target audience: • Ph.D. and Master’s students • Advanced undergrads are welcome • If you are an undergrad considering this course, please consult the instructor prior to enrolment • Primarily a paper reading course • Will have external presentations by research and industry leaders • Students are expected to read, discuss, and present research papers • Designed to familiarize students with research in program analysis for security in the past 10 years

  3. Course Topics browsers compilers runtime systems

  4. Which Techniques Will I See? Type systems and static analysis Runtime analysis Symbolic execution

  5. Which Techniques Will I See? (2) Points-to analysis Browser hacking Aspect languages

  6. Expected Workload • Students are responsible for • Reading one paper per class and writing a very short summary • Be actively involved in in-class discussions • Leading 2- 3 presentations done in pairs, if enough people register • These typically involve more preparation and discussions with the instructor • Paper response template: to be submitted individually before class • Contributions (3-5 points, no more than 1 line each) • Cons/weaknesses (3-5 points, no more than 1 line each) • Follow-up work /mini-projects (3-5 points, no more than 1 line each) • Do come to class prepared: • Carefully read the paper and get as much as you can out of it on your own • There will almost always be parts you don’t fully understand • This is to be expected, this is what class discussions are for

  7. Presentations • One of the goals of the course is for you to develop strong presentations skills • Don’t expect to get it right the first time around • Expect to benefit from these skills for years to come • It’s okay to look at other people’s presentations of these papers, it’s not okay to copy them verbatim • Expect to iterate over your slides • Expectations: • A good presentation involves a lot of work • Presentations are to be done in teams • Expect to spend several hours preparing • Figure out how your want to subdivide the work • You will need to read more (optional papers) and address them in your presentation • Office hours • After class • Have your presentation ready for a dry run one class meeting before

  8. Presenting Technical Papers in CS • Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds • Presentation advice: • Giving a talk by Mike Ernst • Advice on giving talks by Tessa Lau • Tips for a Good Conference Talk  by Jennifer Widom • Hints on making presentations by Jeff Offutt • Some Advice on giving a Talk, by Olivier Danvy. Issues in making an oral presentation • Presentation advice by Armando Fox • Conference talk advice from Mark Hill. from http://people.engr.ncsu.edu/txie/advice.htm

  9. Grading • Grading • Presentations • Paper reports • Class participation • Project (to be decided) • Exact breakdown is TBD

  10. Industry Perspective • One of the features of the course will the a focus on how many of the techniques are used in the industry • Will have several external speakers from MSR and Microsoft

  11. Questions? • Check out the course home page: http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/cse504/10sp/ • Email the instructor • Ben Livshits • livshits@microsoft.com

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